Professor Emeritus Status for CCRI Retired Faculty

The Community College of Rhode Island shall grant Professor Emeritus status to retired
CCRI faculty who meet the qualifications agreed upon by the CCRI Emeritus Review Board
and the President’s Council. Emeritus status recognizes a faculty member’s extraordinary
service to the college and encourages a continuing relationship to the institution;
emeritus status is not automatic upon retirement. Emeritus faculty benefit from selected
privileges associated with this honor, and in return understand their ongoing responsibility
to support CCRI in appropriate and reasonable ways.

To qualify as Professor Emeritus a retired faculty must:

Have achieved the level of full professor and have performed 15 years of full-time
service in the rank of full professor

The Review Board meets annually in December to evaluate all recommendations. Applications
approved by the Emeritus Review Board will be forwarded to the President’s office
for further review and final approval by the President’s Council. If the recommendation
is approved, a letter will be sent to the faculty member from CCRI’s President.

Emeritus faculty may provide support to CCRI through:

Student mentoring

Fundraising

Consulting

Guest lecturing

Service on community advisory committees

Planning events

General help for administrative staff

Additional volunteer activities as appropriate

Financial support to the CCRI Foundation

Emeritus faculty privileges include:

Use of the title: Professor Emeritus

A stole to enhance academic regalia

Business cards identifying emeritus status

CCRI ID and email addresses

Use of CCRI library services

Use of CCRI athletic facilities

Use of CCRI parking lot

Receipt of news items from CCRI

Participation in commencement ceremonies

Commencement ambassadors

Recognition at Opening Day

Listing of name under Professors Emeriti in CCRI college catalog

Name engraved on plaque in Academic Affairs Administrative Office area on Knight Campus
(Warwick)